Honing crank for mowers



Feb. 13,1940. C, BASHAM HONING CRANK FOR MowERs Filed June 26, 1959 7627262225 asam INV ENTOR ATTOR N EYS Patented Feb. 13, `1940 2,190,0'5`; d d VHoNINd CRNKFon MoWER's f d 1 Clementjasham, .121* I Application .rune 2s, 1939, 'serial No. 251,258 1 1 claim. l (ci. ,d4-545) 1 with Va ground wheel Y The invention `relates `to a crank and more especially to honing cranks for lawn mowers.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of ra device of this character wherein the same can be attached to the operating shaft of a cutter reel ofa lawn mower so that` the bladesI or cutters of this reelcan be readily and easily f honedor sharpened through the use of an abrasive mixture applied to thesaid blades or'cutters` and on operating the crank.

Another object of the invention is the provi- `sion of a device ofthis character wherein its construction is noveland enables the quick separable connection thereof with acutting reel of a lawn mower so that such reel can be manually turned for honing or sharpening purposes of the cutters thereof, the cutters being in the form of spiral cutting'blades ofA standard construction. 1

A further object of the invention the provision of a device of this character which isextremely simplein construction, thoroughly reliable and' effective `in operation, enabling'` the 1 honing or sharpeningof a lawn mower with dispatch and at minimum expense and inexpensive to manufacture. `1

With these andother objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction,

combination and arrangement of parts as will" be 1 hereinafter more fully described indetail, illustrated in the accompanying drawing,`which disclosesthe preferred embodiment` of the invention and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended. 1 1.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a fragmentary'side elevation thereof removed and the device constructed. in

accordance with the invention applied forhon- Referring to the drawing in detail, A designates generally a lawn mower of conventional construction involving a rotative cutting reel .5 having the spiral cutting `vblades 6 as usual and this reel is fixed to` a driven shaft or axle i being operated at each end through connection of a d lawn mower showing certain standard parts thecrank constituting the present invention and hereinafter fully described.`

sary to remove one ofthe ground wheels 8 and coacting `with the 'ground wheel, this bein'gef-1 fected by removing the fastening pin l0 con# necting saidk pinion with *the axley or shaft 1. l'.I'husone end of the axle vor shaft l is exposed `forgtheapplication of the crank B and after application it is necessary tolift the lawn mower` A so that the wheel Bfremaining intact will be out4 of contact with a support andmthus rotary motion can be imparted1 tothe reel dcarrying" thefcuttingjblades 6, `the honing or sharpening of theseblades being hereinafter described.

8vwhile` B `denotesgenerally "1 To enable the use of the crank *B for the sharpening` or honing of the lawn mower A it is neces- 1 .detach from the shaft Vor axle 'l the pinion 9 d, 1

{The crank B comprises` a handle I` Il 1formed with a ,crank portion.` I2 having` integral therewith or` permanently attached thereto at'the end f I3 thereof asection l41of a'split coupling sleeve,

the othercompanion section I5 of thesame bemg- Sepafably' fastened a (the section 14 by'` a 1 cross'claniping bolt Iywhichis passed through.

openings |11 `in said section'sld and i5 and car-` ries a wing nut I8, these sections M and I.5be`- ing shown' together in theirfclarnping relationf ship-in Figure 2 of the drawing. ;11

`The section I5 hasy a dowel pin or locking lug |9- whichyprojects inwardly *from said section 1 and is adaptedto be accommodated in the open-` ing in the shaft 'I for the fastener in that attaches the pinion 9 thereto when the latter has been removed from the, said shaft. In this Way 1 the crank B is separably fastened tothe shaft 1 sq thatfhand rotation of thisshaftcan be had. j

In theuse of the crank B when attached to the shaft 1` to enable the sharpening or honing of the lawn mower A it is necessaryto apply'an abrasive compound or mixture, preferably includ- 1 ing comminute'd carborundum or other'suitable1` abrasive materialto, thecutting edges of the` 1 1 blade 6 and also tothe corelated fixed cutter bar 20 ofthe mower so that when the reel `5 `is l rotated a `sharpening or` honing action :will be vset upl betweenthe blades t and the bar 20. It

is of course required that the blades 6 have true` contact throughout their extent with the cutting' `heads of the xed barZIlI-of the mower, the latter being susceptible of adjustment for -truing purposes; l 1 1 1 1 1 kWhen the blades 6 andthe bar 20 havebeen honed or sharpened the crankB is detached from the' shaft l and thereafter the `removed wheel 8 and theA pinion 9 are replaced on the mower A and the latter is now ready for service.

rThe split couplingsleeve including the sections I 4.and l5 is of elongated tubular formation and the vsection i5 is readily detachable or separablefrom the section iii.r Thus the crank .B can be readily attached to and removed from the shaft 1 with dispatch and when attached enables the hand rotation of the reel 5 for the pnrpose before stated. Y

What -s claimed is: Y l A crank fortting 'a lawn mower cutting reel shafthaving a transverse openingv fora fastener separably securing a pinion to said shaft when within a lawn mower frame, comprising a lon gitudinally split two-part tubular sleeve for ernbracing said shaft, va lug projecting 'inwardly `other part of said sleeve for axial alignment with the shaft in end to end abutment therewith when thesleeve is fastened about the said shaft with the lug 'engaged in the opening therein, the said fastener joining the two parts of the sleeve together, being disposed next to the stud of said handle and beyond the said shaft when the sleeve is engaged therewith.

CLEMENT 4BASHAM. 

